So we got into that environmental engineering as I was saying. I am not really a slave driver, it was just the photographer!
Finally it was over and the team all went to Boiler Market for a well earned beer. Left to right round the table: Heidi, Macon, Daphne, RJ, Gemma, Patti, Holli, Matt, Euridice.
So as Macon said, it is all over. I just happened to say, "Until the next one," and Heidi hit me! Next stop, Hawaii for 5 of us! A great holiday.
They had to make filters to clean dirty water. Of course we made up the dirty water and knew what was in it. They had to optimise time, cost and effectiveness against colour (sorry, color) and particles.
Then we went to an elementary school so they could implement some of the things they had learnt. Many people did the tower building in different forms.
Back to procedures. They are very important in engineering you know! This part was about industrial engineering which is mainly optimising procedures for things such as assembly lines and manufacturing plants. Our manufacturing plant made 'fuzzy' dice. These were a bit like Fuzzy Wuzzy the bear, ie not very fuzzy waz he? The dice were made from paper! We learnt that assembly lines were a better use of limited tools (1 glue, 1 marker, and 2 scissors for a team of 5) than everyone making their own.
Now we get down to the theory of engineering. Everything that happens in the engineering design process can be put into 5 catagories: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve, according to the Boston Museum of Science. We just proved the theory to the teachers.
So as Macon said, it is all over. I just happened to say, "Until the next one," and Heidi hit me! Next stop, Hawaii for 5 of us! A great holiday.
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